JP4215709B2 - Extrusion supply method for linear members - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a linear member extrusion supply method for extruding a linear member cut to a predetermined length and supplying the linear member to a predetermined position, and a linear member cutting and supplying apparatus used in the extrusion supply method.

For example, a linear member such as a lead wire of an electrical component is cut into a predetermined length after the linear member that has been unwound from a winding reel and continuously supplied is cut into a predetermined length, for example. Are sequentially supplied to a predetermined mounting position to perform mounting work and the like. Various devices have been developed for automatically and smoothly cutting and supplying such linear members (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2). According to the linear member automatic supply device of Patent Document 1 and the linear component supply device of Patent Document 2, the linear member held vertically or substantially vertically during or after cutting is dropped downward by its own weight. Sequentially supplied toward a predetermined mounting position or the like.
JP 50-28074 A JP-A-8-67316

  On the other hand, linear members made of, for example, metal wires, narrow-width plates, linear shape memory alloys, etc. are used for various purposes, and the linear members after cutting are arranged in the vertical direction. It is convenient in the manufacturing process of the product that it is possible to supply it to the appropriate mounting position and the next process by sequentially sending it in the horizontal direction in the state where it is laid down sideways rather than dropping it down by its own weight and sending it out. There are cases. As a means for sending out the cut linear members in the horizontal direction, for example, a method of holding and feeding the linear members one by one can be considered, but the mechanism and apparatus for gripping the linear members are complicated. Therefore, it is desired to develop a method and an apparatus capable of efficiently feeding the cut linear members one by one in the lateral direction.

  The present invention cuts a continuously supplied linear member into a predetermined length with a simple configuration, and can efficiently send the linear member after cutting toward a predetermined position sequentially in the lateral direction. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for extruding and feeding a linear member, and a linear member cutting and feeding apparatus.

  The present invention is an extrusion supply method of a linear member for extruding a linear member cut to a predetermined length by a subsequent linear member and supplying the linear member to a predetermined position, and inserting the linear member It has a hollow cross-sectional shape that is possible, and is provided continuously to a parallel surface tubular portion that guides the linear member in the axial direction, and to the rear of the parallel surface tubular portion, and the cross-sectional shape is enlarged toward the rear. Continuously supplied using a cutting / feeding device comprising a guide member comprising a tapered cylindrical portion, a cutting mechanism disposed behind the guide member, and a drawer mechanism disposed in front of the guide member. A step of cutting the linear member into a predetermined length by the cutting mechanism in a state in which the linear member is inserted from the tip into the parallel surface cylindrical portion of the guide member; Use the drawer mechanism until the end is located on the parallel surface cylindrical part. A step of pulling forward, and feeding the subsequent linear member forward, guiding and inserting a leading end into the parallel surface cylindrical portion via the tapered surface cylindrical portion, and then inserting the subsequent linear member Further, the above object is achieved by providing a method for extruding and supplying a linear member, which includes a step of extruding the linear member from the parallel surface tubular portion and supplying the linear member to the predetermined position by feeding it out. is there.

  Further, the present invention is a cutting and feeding apparatus used in the above-described method for extruding and feeding a linear member, having a hollow cross-sectional shape into which the linear member can be inserted, and a parallel surface for guiding the linear member in the axial direction A guide member comprising a tubular portion, a tapered surface tubular portion that is provided continuously behind the parallel surface tubular portion and expands in cross section toward the rear, and is disposed behind the guide member. The above object is achieved by providing a linear member cutting and supplying apparatus including a cutting mechanism and a drawing mechanism disposed in front of the guide member.

  According to the extrusion supply method or the linear member cutting and supplying apparatus of the present invention, the linear member continuously supplied is cut into a predetermined length by a simple configuration, and the linear member after cutting is Can be sent out smoothly and sequentially.

  A method for extruding and feeding a linear member according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a pair of front and rear constituting the gusset bag 10 in a gusset bag 10 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2A and 2B, for example. This is employed when, for example, plastically deformable linear members 18 are attached as linear members along the vertical sides 17 on both sides of the front portion 14.

  Here, according to this embodiment, the gusset bag 10 is used as a container that contains, for example, a powdery detergent 16 and is used from the state where the upper end outlet 11 is sealed and commercialized. The person cuts off the sealed portion of the gusset bag 10 along the cut line 20 to form the upper end outlet 11 so that the detergent 16 can be repeatedly taken out from the upper end outlet 11 and used. When the amount is taken out, each time the take-out port 13 is closed in a smooth and stable state (see FIG. 4), the stored detergent 16 can be effectively stored.

  The gusset bag 10 includes a pair of front and rear front portions 14 and a pair of left and right side folding portions 15 that can be folded in a V shape inside the front portions 14. For example, a detergent bag container in which the stored detergent 16 can be easily taken out with one hand while maintaining the open state, and the front portion 14 and the side folding portion 15 are connected to each other at four locations. The linear members 18 that can be plastically deformed are attached from the take-out port 13 to the body 12 along the vertical side 17.

  Further, the gusset bag 10 is formed by subjecting one or a plurality of sheet materials 22 cut into a predetermined shape designed in advance to various known bending processes and joining processes to thereby form a bottom portion 19 having a rectangular shape. And a body 12 that is surrounded by a pair of front and rear front portions 14 and a pair of left and right side folds 15 that are erected from each side of the bottom portion 19 and constitutes a main body portion of the bag container that contains the detergent, The gusset bag container is formed as a gusset bag container that is continuously disposed integrally with the upper portion of the body portion 12 and includes a takeout port portion 13 that is folded back when the gusset bag 10 is closed. Further, the gusset bag 10 has a pair of left and right side folds 15 formed in a V-shape after a predetermined amount of a powdery detergent 16 as a container is introduced from the upper end outlet 11 (see FIG. 2B). The upper outlet 11 is sealed by, for example, fusion bonding while being folded inwardly, so that the detergent 16 that has been charged is enclosed inside (see FIG. 2A), and the unaccommodated portion of the detergent 16 For example, the product is commercialized as a detergent product in a state in which the take-out port 13 is folded twice, for example (see FIG. 1).

  Furthermore, as the sheet material 22 constituting the gusset bag 10, a multilayer sheet including an aluminum foil layer is used. Preferably, for example, as shown in FIG. A multilayer sheet having a five-layer structure in which the layer is polyethylene, the third layer is aluminum foil, the fourth layer is polyethylene, and the fifth layer, which is the innermost layer, is a sealant layer can be used.

  And the extrusion supply method of the linear member of this embodiment is the manufacturing process before accommodation of the detergent 16 at the time of forming the gusset bag 10 of the above structures. In order to attach the linear members 18 that can be plastically deformed along the upright side 17, as shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C, the linear members 18 cut to a predetermined length are connected to the subsequent linear members. This is a supply method for extruding a member (hereinafter referred to as “following linear member”) 18a and sequentially supplying it toward a predetermined position (arrangement position), in which the linear member 18 can be inserted. A parallel surface cylindrical portion 24a having a cross-sectional shape and guiding the linear member 18 in the axial direction X is provided continuously to the rear of the parallel surface cylindrical portion 24a, and the cross-sectional shape is enlarged toward the rear. The guide member 24 including the tapered surface cylindrical portion 24b, and the guide member 24 The cutting and feeding device 35 having a cutting mechanism 34 disposed behind the guide member 24 and a drawing mechanism 40 disposed in front of the guide member 24 is used, and the linear member 18 continuously supplied is guided from the tip to the guide member. The step of cutting the linear member 18 into a predetermined length by the cutting mechanism 34 (see FIG. 5A) in a state where the linear member 18 is inserted into the parallel plane cylindrical portion 24a, and the cut linear member 18 A step of pulling forward using the pulling mechanism 40 until the end is positioned on the parallel surface tubular portion 24a (see FIG. 5B), and the subsequent linear member 18a is fed forward, via the tapered surface tubular portion 24b. Then, after the leading end is guided and inserted into the parallel surface tubular portion 24a, the subsequent linear member 18a is further fed, thereby pushing the linear member 18 out of the parallel surface tubular portion 24a and supplying it toward the installation position. Process (see FIG. 5C) It includes the door.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the linear member 18 is made of a material containing a magnetic body, and the drawing mechanism 40 includes the magnet 40a and the contact surface 40b. The shaped member 18 is pulled out forward. Further, the drawing mechanism 40 is provided so as to be able to advance and retreat in a direction Y intersecting the axial direction X of the parallel surface cylindrical portion 24a, and a step of drawing the cut linear member 18 forward (see FIG. 5B). Are arranged in front of the parallel surface cylindrical portion 24a.

  Here, the plastically deformable linear member 18 made of a material containing a magnetic material is made of, for example, a metal wire, a plate, a narrow plate, a mesh, a ribbon, a shape memory alloy, etc. It is a linear member that can be easily bent and deformed and has plastic deformability to such an extent that the shape of the folded gusset bag 10 can be easily maintained, and for example, in the vicinity of the upper end outlet 11 of the gusset bag 10 Has a shape-retaining rigidity at the time of plastic deformation that resists the folding restoring force of the sheet material 22 of the folded portion and can stably hold the folded state of the folded portion when the gusset bag 10 is closed. It is.

  The linear member 18 includes a magnetic body that is attracted by the magnetic force of the magnet. For example, the linear member 18 may be formed by covering the magnetic body with a nonmagnetic coating resin or the like. Here, as the coating resin, for example, polyolefin-based resin, vinyl chloride, polyester-based resin, polyamide-based resin, or the like can be used. For example, it is preferable to cover the periphery of the wire with a thickness of 0.05 to 5.0 mm. . By covering the periphery of the wire with the coating resin, the thickness (diameter) of the wire can be substantially increased, and the bending strength of the linear member 18 can be improved.

  And according to this embodiment, in the manufacturing process before accommodation of the detergent 16 at the time of forming the gusset bag 10 of the above-mentioned structure, along the four standing edges 17 on both sides of the pair of front portions 14 In order to attach the plastically deformable linear members 18 to each other, for example, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 11, the side edges of the gusset bag 10 in a state where the pair of front portions 14 are first overlapped and folded flatly. The tip portion of the portion 10a is attracted by the suction head 21 from both sides and moved in the vertical direction to open the tip opening 10b in the side edge portion 10a (see FIGS. 6 to 8). At this time, by pushing the thin plate piece 27 into the fold portion of the gusset bag (moving the thin plate piece 27 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 8), the degree of opening of the tip opening 10b can be further increased. . Further, a non-magnetic cylindrical pipe member 24c made of, for example, stainless steel, which constitutes the parallel surface cylindrical portion 24a of the guide member 24, is inserted from the opened distal end opening 10b with the linear member 18 held inside. Then, after being arranged at a predetermined position inside the upright side 17, the linear member 18 is extracted from the cylindrical pipe member 24 c by an extrusion supply method of the present embodiment described later, and the magnet 25 installed outside the upright side 17. The linear member 18 extracted by the magnetic force is held along the upright side 17 (see FIGS. 9 and 10A and 10B). Thereafter, the linear member 18 is held by the folded-back fusion part 23 of the vertical side 17 by fusing the vertical side 17 by the fusion device 26 so as to sandwich the vertical side 17 from the outside (see FIG. 11) (this embodiment). Then, the linear member 18 is preferably attached in a state of being enclosed and held in the folded fusion part 23 of the upright side 17).

  And by the extrusion supply method of the linear member of the present embodiment, the parallel surface tubular portion 24a is inserted from the opened front end opening 10b while the linear member 18 is held inside the guide member 24, and the vertical side 17, after being arranged at a predetermined position inside 17, the held linear member 18 is extracted by being pushed out from the cylindrical pipe member 24 c of the guide member 24 by the subsequent linear member 18 a, and the arrangement position of the linear member 18 is extracted. In the step of supplying to a predetermined position inside the upright side 17, the cutting and supplying device 35 shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C is used.

  That is, as described above, the cutting and feeding device 35 has a hollow cross-sectional shape into which the linear member 18 can be inserted, a parallel surface cylindrical portion 24a that guides the linear member 18 in the axial direction X, and a parallel surface cylinder. A guide member 24 comprising a tapered cylindrical portion 24b which is provided continuously behind the shape portion 24a and expands in cross section toward the rear, a cutting mechanism 34 disposed behind the guide member 24, and a guide A drawing mechanism 40 disposed in front of the member 24 is provided, and further, a linear member supply device (not shown) made of a winding reel or the like is continuously supplied behind the cutting mechanism 34. An auxiliary guide member 41 including an auxiliary tapered surface tubular portion 41 a for smoothly feeding the linear member 18 toward the guide member 24 is provided.

  For example, a winding reel, a wire correction unit including a vertical direction correction unit or a horizontal direction correction unit that corrects to improve the straightness of the wire unwound from the winding reel, and a predetermined wire by holding the corrected wire The linear member 18 continuously supplied from various known linear member supply devices such as a wire clamper for drawing out the length has a predetermined length to be attached to a predetermined gusset bag 10 via a wire clamper, for example. The cylindrical pipe member 24c is fed out intermittently and guided by a substantially tapered surface having a substantially conical shape by the auxiliary tapered surface cylindrical portion 41a of the auxiliary guide member 41 and the tapered surface cylindrical portion 24b of the guide member 24. Is smoothly inserted into the parallel surface cylindrical portion 24a from the tip at a length corresponding to the length fed from the wire clamper.

  Here, the cylindrical pipe member 24c is a hollow cylindrical pipe member made of a non-magnetic material such as stainless steel, and has a length corresponding to the length of the linear member 18 attached to the gusset bag 10. In addition, as a hollow cross section into which only one linear member 18 can be inserted, for example, a circular cross section with an inner diameter of 0.1 to 6.0 mm is provided. As a result, the linear member 18 held by the parallel surface cylindrical portion 24a can be smoothly pushed out by the subsequent linear member 18a.

  The cutting mechanism 34 that cuts the linear member 18 inserted and held in the guide member 24 includes, for example, a pair of cutter blades 42 arranged on the left and right sides of the fed linear member 18, and includes the guide member 24 and the auxiliary guide member. The linear member 18 is cut | disconnected sequentially to the predetermined length which should be arrange | positioned between 41 and should be arrange | positioned along the standing edge 17 of the gusset bag 10 (refer Fig.5 (a)).

  As described above, the drawing mechanism 40 that pulls the cut linear member 18 forward until the rear end is positioned on the parallel surface cylindrical portion 24a includes the magnet 40a and the contact surface 40b, and the cut line member 18 In the step of pulling out the linear member 18 forward, it is arranged so as to intersect the axial direction X of the parallel surface cylindrical portion 24a, and the linear member 18 is pulled forward to the contact surface 40a by the magnetic force of the magnet 40a. (See FIG. 5B).

  When the linear member 18 is pulled forward until the rear end is located at the parallel surface cylindrical portion 24a, the drawing mechanism 40 is retracted from a position intersecting the axial direction X of the parallel surface cylindrical portion 24a, and the linear member. The cylindrical pipe member 24c holding 18 is inserted and arranged at a predetermined depth in accordance with the mounting position of the linear member 18 in the distal end opening 10b in the side edge portion 10a of the distal end portion of the gusset bag 10. (See FIGS. 9 and 10A). In this state, as shown in FIG. 5C, the trailing linear member 18a is fed forward, and the tip is guided and inserted into the parallel surface tubular portion 24a via the tapered surface tubular portion 24b. The subsequent linear members 18a are aligned in a straight line with the front ends thereof coming into contact with the rear ends of the linear members 18. Thereafter, the subsequent linear member 18a is further fed out by a predetermined length, whereby the linear member 18 is pushed out from the parallel surface tubular portion 24a and supplied toward the arrangement position. become.

  Further, the linear member 18 pushed out from the parallel surface cylindrical portion 24a of the cylindrical pipe member 24c and supplied toward the arrangement position is provided on the outer side of the side edge portion 10a of the gusset bag 10, for example, rare earth The magnet 25 (see FIG. 9) made of a permanent magnet or the like is attracted almost simultaneously with the pushing and moved to a desired mounting position of the gusset bag 10 along the upright side 17 and the attraction side 17 It is held in a stable state along the inner side (see FIG. 10B). Further, the linear member 18 is fused by the fusing device 26 with the linear member 18 held along the inside of the vertical side 17 so as to sandwich the vertical side 17 from the outside (see FIG. 11). Is attached to the folded fusion part 23 of the upright side 17.

  And according to the extrusion supply method and the linear member cutting and supplying apparatus 35 of the linear member of the present embodiment, the linear member continuously supplied is cut into a predetermined length with a simple configuration, and after the cutting. These linear members can be efficiently sent sequentially in the lateral direction toward the arrangement position. That is, according to the present embodiment, the guide member 24 including the parallel surface tubular portion 24a and the tapered surface tubular portion 24b, the cutting mechanism 34 disposed behind the guide member 24, and the front of the guide member. The cutting and feeding device 35 having a simple configuration with the drawn-out mechanism 40 to be used, and without using a complicated mechanism for gripping the linear member, the line after cutting is used while using the subsequent linear member 18a. It becomes possible to efficiently send the member 18 in the lateral direction sequentially toward the arrangement position. Here, the lateral direction in which the linear member 18 is sent out includes a horizontal direction and an appropriate direction inclined from the horizontal direction within a range in which the linear member 18 cannot be moved by its own weight in the axial direction.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, the linear member does not necessarily need to be a plastically deformable linear member attached along the vertical side of the gusset bag, and is continuously supplied by being unwound from a winding reel such as a lead wire of an electrical component. It can be employed for various linear members, and may be a linear member that can be elastically deformed. Moreover, the linear member may not be a material containing a magnetic body, and is not necessarily covered with a coating resin. Furthermore, the drawing mechanism is not necessarily provided with a magnet and a contact surface, and various other drawing mechanisms capable of pulling out a linear member such as vacuum suction can be employed.

It is a perspective view which shows the detergent product by the gusset bag formed by employ | adopting the extrusion supply method of the linear member which concerns on preferable one Embodiment of this invention. (A) is a perspective view which shows the state which hold | maintained the content in the gusset bag formed by employ | adopting the extrusion supply method of the linear member which concerns on preferable one Embodiment of this invention, (b) is the gusset bag. It is a perspective view which shows the state which opened the upper end taking-out port. It is sectional drawing explaining an example of the layer structure of the sheet material which comprises a gusset bag. It is a perspective view which shows the state which folds out a taking-out opening part and obstruct | occludes a gusset bag. (A)-(c) is explanatory drawing of the extrusion supply method and cutting | disconnection supply apparatus of the linear member which concerns on preferable one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view explaining the manufacturing process before accommodation of the detergent at the time of forming a gusset bag. It is a perspective view explaining the manufacturing process before accommodation of the detergent at the time of forming a gusset bag. It is a perspective view explaining the manufacturing process before accommodation of the detergent at the time of forming a gusset bag. It is a perspective view explaining the manufacturing process before accommodation of the detergent at the time of forming a gusset bag. (A), (b) is explanatory drawing of the process which sends out and hold | maintains a linear member inside an upright side. It is a perspective view explaining the manufacturing process before accommodation of the detergent at the time of forming a gusset bag.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Gusset bag 10a Side edge part 10b Gusset bag front end opening 11 Upper end take-out port 12 Trunk part 13 Take-out port part 14 Front part 15 Side fold part 16 Detergent 17 Standing side 18 Linear member 18a Subsequent linear member 19 Bottom part 20 Cut line 21 Suction head 22 Sheet material 23 Folded fusion part 24 Guide member 24a Guide member parallel surface cylindrical part 24b Guide member tapered surface cylindrical part 24c Guide member cylindrical pipe member 25 Magnet 26 Fusing device 27 Thin plate piece 30 Linear member attachment device 34 Cutting mechanism 35 Cutting supply device 40 Drawing mechanism 40a Magnet 40b of drawing mechanism Contact surface 41 of drawing mechanism Auxiliary guide member 41a Auxiliary taper surface portion 42 Cutter blade X Axial direction of parallel surface cylindrical portion Direction that intersects the Y-axis direction

Claims (4)

A linear member extrusion supply method for extruding a linear member cut to a predetermined length with a subsequent linear member and supplying the linear member to a predetermined position,
The hollow member has a hollow cross-sectional shape into which the linear member can be inserted. The parallel surface tubular portion guides the linear member in the axial direction. The parallel surface tubular portion is provided continuously behind the parallel surface tubular portion and faces backward. A cutting / feeding device including a guide member including a tapered cylindrical portion that expands a cross-sectional shape, a cutting mechanism disposed behind the guide member, and a drawing mechanism disposed in front of the guide member. And
A step of cutting the linear member into a predetermined length by the cutting mechanism in a state where the linear member to be continuously supplied is inserted into the parallel surface cylindrical portion of the guide member from the tip, and the cut linear shape A step of pulling the member forward using the pulling mechanism until the rear end is positioned on the parallel surface tubular portion, and feeding the subsequent linear member forward, and the parallel portion through the tapered surface tubular portion. A step of guiding and inserting the leading end into the surface cylindrical portion, and further feeding out the subsequent linear member, thereby pushing the linear member out of the parallel surface cylindrical portion and supplying it to the predetermined position; The extrusion supply method of the linear member containing.   2. The method for extruding and feeding a linear member according to claim 1, wherein the linear member is made of a material including a magnetic body, and the linear member is pulled forward by a magnetic force. A linear member cutting and supplying apparatus used in the method for extruding and supplying a linear member according to claim 1 or 2,
The hollow member has a hollow cross-sectional shape into which the linear member can be inserted. The parallel surface tubular portion guides the linear member in the axial direction. The parallel surface tubular portion is provided continuously behind the parallel surface tubular portion and faces backward. Cutting a linear member comprising a guide member comprising a tapered surface cylindrical portion that expands the cross-sectional shape, a cutting mechanism disposed behind the guide member, and a drawer mechanism disposed in front of the guide member Feeding device. 4. The linear shape according to claim 3, wherein the drawing mechanism includes a contact surface capable of moving back and forth in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the parallel surface cylindrical portion, and a magnet that draws a material including a magnetic body to the contact surface. Member cutting and feeding device.